Lin Chu stirred the decoction with his hand, put the spoon into the medicine bowl next to the bowl, and nodded his son's forehead with his free hand: "Young man, don't be so squeamish." ”

Having said that, she still fed her son a whole bowl of decoction and medicine by hand, spoonful by spoonful, and said while feeding the medicine: "When you were still asleep, Shen'er came to the room to see you once, and the child was keen, knowing that you were not feeling well before returning to the room, but when he saw that his mother and your eldest brother were taking care of this place, he said that he would come to see you later." She put the empty medicine bowl back on the tray in the handmaiden's hand, "My mother has been back from Shanglin Yuan for so many days, and she sees Shen'er in her eyes, she is a good child who is sensible. My mother knew that you had ulterior motives for taking him home, but the child was only in his early tens, and he was too young, so she should take care of him more. ”

Qin Xun nodded "Hmm" to show that he understood, and then wrinkled his face: "It's still bitter, Qin Zichang, did you really put sugar?" I woke up from a drowsy night. ”

Qin Huai was indifferent: "So, you spit it out?" ”

Qin Xun snorted twice, knowing that he was not the eldest brother's opponent, and retracted into the quilt to cover himself tightly

Actually, I'm going to go back to sleep.

Lin Chu tucked the quilt for him, and probed him on his forehead against the back of his hand: "It's okay, it's not particularly hot, it's okay to drink the medicine and sleep over, that mother and your eldest brother went out first, you sleep well." ”

Closed the door, Qin Huai gave Lin Chu a salute and went back to his room for a lunch break, Lin Chu and the maid who came with the medicine left the courtyard where the juniors lived, and just stepped out of the courtyard door, facing Qin Zhenhai who was walking in a hurry, and the husband and wife stopped at the same time.

Qin Zhenhai: "I heard that the child in Weizhi has a cold, but is it okay?" ”

"Xiao Xiaoxiao, it's out of the way, I just drank the medicine." Lin Chu looked at his description and knew that he was rushing to see his son, "I'm going to sleep, why don't I wait for him to wake up and come to see him?" ”

Qin Zhenhai bowed his head: "It's okay, let him rest well, don't go to quarrel with him here." ”

Qin Zhenhai didn't even step into the courtyard door, so he left side by side with his wife, but he walked a long way, and the husband and wife were always silent, and the atmosphere couldn't help but be slightly embarrassed, and even the maid who was silently behind the two of them noticed a little bit.

Qin Zhenhai opened his mouth first: "On the second day of the Lunar New Year tomorrow, I will accompany you back to the Dingguo Mansion to pay New Year's greetings, I have prepared the New Year's gift." ”

"I'm tired."

"It should."

After another period of silence, Lin Chu said: "I won't take Xun'er with me this year, and leave him in the room to recuperate, even if it is a small illness, he should be raised for a few days." ”

"Well, it's just me."

According to the custom, the second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when the married woman returns to her parents' home, and normally the married woman stays in her husband's house during the New Year, the so-called "married daughter spills out of the water", the number of times the woman who marries a woman to return to her mother's house is not much, and it is even more unlucky to stay in her mother's house during the New Year, especially on the first day of the Lunar New Year, returning to her mother's house is a sign that "your mother's family will be poor". This is a custom in secular etiquette.

However, since Lin Chu married into the Qin family, the number of times she spent the New Year in the Qin family was not as good as the number of times she stayed in the Lin family, and she often lived directly back to her mother's house when she returned to the imperial city from Shanglin Yuan a while before the New Year, and then went back to Shanglin Yuan directly after the New Year, and sometimes went back to the General's Mansion to pick up her son Qin Xun and take her son Qin Xun with her.

The founding family of the country, which has all the power and wealth, does not take the so-called customs and habits of "unlucky" and "eating the poor mother's family" in their eyes, and the old family owners of the husband's family and the mother's family have never objected, so outsiders naturally dare not and do not need to beak.

Every time Lin Chu stays at his parents' house for the New Year, he will definitely visit Anguo's Mansion to visit his father-in-law at the beginning of the New Year, and Qin Zhenhai will also prepare New Year's gifts and visit his wife's maiden home on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

After so many years, the husband and wife respect each other like guests, the Lin and Qin families are not very harmonious, and they are by no means unharmonious.

Walking to a junction, the husband and wife branches in different directions, after Qin Zhenhai left, Lin Chu instructed the maid behind him: "Send someone to the palace to ask, King Ling has time today, if he is free, please come to the mansion." ”

Qin Xun was awake

When he woke up, it was almost dusk, his consciousness slowly returned to his brain, and before he opened his eyes, there was a faint fragrance in his nose, and a little refreshing and slightly astringent orange peel smell was mixed in the warm mellow, and Qin Xun woke up instantly.

The person sitting on the edge of the bed seemed to sense his awakening, turned his head and smiled at him, and said in a gentle voice: "Awake? ”

Qin Xun hurriedly stretched out his hand from the quilt and held the hand that came to probe the temperature on his forehead tightly in his hand.

Qi Jing comforted him: "Don't make trouble, I'll touch to see if I still have a fever." ”

"Nope." Qin Xun pulled his hand down and rubbed it against his cheek, and said coquettishly, "I definitely don't have a fever, I see that you are cured of any illness." ”

(End of chapter)